Re:Zero Magic EXPLAINED (Magic, Mana & Curses)

[@AsarathaHSYT]

Due to the nature of a video like this, which spans many books and many years, there will likely be some things we got wrong or some things that will change in the future. Minor issues will be corrected in the document as well as this pinned comment. Major issues will just lead to the video being remade Correction #1: Sacrament of the Immortal King is primarily a water spell, and without going into spoilers, the Earth thing I was thinking of is a function of something else. Correction #2: We talk about how Witch's have a powerful aura, and that is still true, but it may not be related to the Flow Method. This one was caused by differing translations of Arc 4. It is also possible Witch's still have a powerful aura, on top of the Miasma that made those people go mad. To be determined. "Correction" #3: The Binding of Thorns was recently officially dubbed 'Soul Marriage Curse' in a recent post by Tappei.

[@bryangarcia5207]

The aura part probably depends on the non witch factor abilities. Since Echidna was a talented magic user she definitely has a great aura even without a witch factor.

[@letsplaysaschagd9331]

20:26 - 20:51 Wasn’t it confirmed at the beginning of arc 7 that the reason the curse didn’t affect Subaru is because of the other curses that were planted on him during arc 2? Edit: I found it. It’s in arc 7 chapter 12. I also found something else: >Q: Was it curses? Was it sorcery (note: more literally ‘curse arts’)? Although recently magic has been catching all the attention, there was something like that, but will it not show up again? I liked it quite a bit. >A: A curse user will show up all in good time, don’t worry. There’s a reason that the curses remained in Subaru’s body.(July 28, 2014 arc4).(note: it was capella) This is from a QnA that I found.

[@Htleveryday]

2:40 Reinhardt also has a defective gate(from birth I guess), similar to Subaru, the difference being his gate is not damaged but can take in as much mana as possible, it's indestructible from overload, probably because of the Sword Saint blessing(he got it when he was around 10, so idk how he survived that long), anyway, the accumulated mana is then converted into this flow state which drastically increases Reinhardts' physical prowess, not to mention, his gate absorbs mana at a much faster rate, so much so that no mage can cast any spells because of the lack of mana in the atmosphere, the radius is also pretty big, so Betty claimed she will be useless if she were to join the fight with him around. Even his defective gate adds to his strengths, and this defect has made him possibly the strongest Sword Saint title holder in terms of Raw strength, possibly even more than Reid, the first Sword Saint. Though he claims he hasn't made any accomplishments worthy of his title yet. In a nutshell, Reinhardt is Him, and for a good reason.

[@ShadowKoto]

Reinhard's Divine Protections and his Excess Mana Circulation Constitution are already planned as subjects that will be described in the next video of this series.

[@epic8413]

I find it absurd that Echidna was able to casually cast a spell that made the stars fall. Has to be the most insane feat I’ve seen in ReZero so far. W video, can’t wait for the next video where you describe all of Reinhard’s Divine Protections lol.

[@ShadowKoto]

I don't think he'll all of Reinhard's DP's in-depth, but we'll see what happens.

[@epic8413]

@@ShadowKoto I doubt he will but I half expect to just see a list that scrolls across the screen of all of Reinhard’s DP’s

[@letsplaysaschagd9331]

@@ShadowKotoit’s been a while. I hope everything is alright.

[@davidarvingumazon5024]

Od in Re Zero: Stores mana Od in Fate Series: It's just internal mana Od in The Gamer Manwha: We REALITY WARPING

[@markwalker091]

Also worth mentioning that " Stars " in the ReZero world my not have the same Physical Proerties as our world, outer space may even function differently

[@themelancholyofgay3543]

Tappei really made his magic system so good...

[@Outbox09]

Finally some peak re:zero content

[@Dracosengan]

8:01 Ram use Al Fura in Isekai quartet Movie

[@smile-zw2gh]

the way that the flow method was explained in the celi sections made it seam like some rare high level power but it does make more sense this way.

[@ShadowKoto]

Most people don't realize this, but the Flow Method had already been expanded on in WN Arc 5/LN Volume 20.

[@mike1564]

Asaratha cooks once again 🔥

[@_rkkm_]

Pretty sure there is Ul Huma when Rem was fighting White Whale in first season. She redirected White Whale when it was gourging through ground with it's jaw

[@westernllama]

Ah yes... Peak

[@princes6274]

He actually did it letsgooo

[@MrDannrod]

Sometimes i forget how intricate the re zero magic system is... Also the anime i feel do a bad job at explaining it. Thanks for the video, its a service for the re zero community.

[@jongameaddict]

Can't watch yet but just wanted to say thanks for the constant high quality RZ content when I'm always starving for more

[@allin3ss]

I like how everything is so intricate and ties together. I’m excited to see the system develop and have its less explored aspects extrapolated on

[@WoUShirius]

Very good video! Nice to see appreciation for Re:Zero's intricate worldbuilding like this :) Only mistake I caught was in the Flow Method section, specifically in regards to Auras, the description of aura killing people sounds like it was from The Witch's After Tea Party. This wasn't aura born from fighting spirit that killed the men, but rather the insanity-inducing effect of Omega's Witch Miasma. Although, Reid has shown that fighting spirit aura can also just kill people.

[@AsarathaHSYT]

imagine i replied "looking into this" and i had the elon musk X twitter pfp

[@ShadowKoto]

It seems like the version of the side story that was sourced from mistranslated a section and failed to include the mention of miasma, thus creating a mistake in Asa's understanding because the higher quality translation was not where the information was sourced from. It has since been noted.

[@Angras_advocate18]

I love to see type-moon inspiration in other magic systems cause rezero has a lot of it

[@Forsen807]

How is rezero magic inspired by typemoon? I wasn’t aware

[@Angras_advocate18]

@@Forsen807 umm it’s obvious from how the magic is structured to the way they use those abilities. For example It has that el, la, Fula, whatever structure that increases a spells power. That’s the same for how mages just need to add more lines in their incantation to increase the spells strength. Then the way they use them is suspiciously similar to how Gil, shirou, madea etc. fire projectiles from beside them. That was my 1st thought in Emilia’s 1st appearance. Then Reinhardt’s main & only devastating attack is just Excalibur, with plenty of his divine blessings being the same as fates ability’s too. Like arrow evasion, cu has that. The phoenix 1 is just Hercules’s god hand(except unless it’s a world destroying NP it won’t kill him if it’s less then an A rank & he gains immunity to the attack that killed him) I could go on all day. For proof on type-moon’s prestige read the description to my power scaling playlist & watch my “fate’s influence on anime” short

[@xero4238]

​@@Forsen807od laguna and the root

[@Keenan.64]

Some helpful re zero youtube content. this is what i need, thanks asarathaire

[@goldenangel158]

Great video love the magic system in re zero

[@Its_LMP]

Peak fiction system analysis 🔥, I will literally become a diamond member on your next stream.

[@vools]

Asaratha being the beast yet again

[@ONE_hooman]

*A MUST SEE VIDEO*

[@helixb4724]

7:29 rem uses ul huma in the whale fight when she and subie pop into the fog and the whale is right in front of them

[@xAzuredo]

These ara amazing. Can’t wait for the next one.

[@serjoerickii3262]

Super cool video, feel like the anime does a disservice to the magic system because they never explore it like they do in the novels

[@SalteaYT]

Good shit well explained

[@B10-HAZARD]

God, finally peak content has appeared on this site

[@demifolk8940]

Something to point out is that a gate almost works like your heart valves… your hearts has valves where it pumps out but also takes in blood. and characters with defective gates cant do one, or both. Anastasia, from my understanding, cant take in but can expel mana from her gate/od. Subaru, cannot naturally expel mana but he can take in mana which leads to mana poisoning this is also supported by the fact that anastasia is described as having mana deficiency. so this analogy means that mana like blood in your body, a gate works like your veins and arteries and valves of your heart, taking in and expelling blood/man. and an od is similar to your heart. the only difference is the od doesn’t seem to generate mana but is the core of a person made from mana that is someones life force. your heart generates blood, but maybe the od does actually create mana for the body to use. we just dont know it yet. it also works similarly to your stomach, if you haven’t eaten in some time, your stomach starts to eat itself. in a similar way, when you run out of mana, your gate forcefully eats away at your od. so i guess it works like multiple different organs of the body so my theory is that a gate takes in mana from the atmosphere, its converted into mana that the body can use, and is stored there. the amount stored, like you said, differs among whoever the person is. but the only issue is subaru actually having a gate. if its an organ the people of the world of re zero have, its kinda weird that subaru has a gate. i wonder if its artificial in some way

[@Karl-q3k]

Thankfully found ur video. Was completely lost when trying to understand some terms like od and couldnt find it on google

[@hyrrs345]

Peak video I Cant wait Next one and Reinhard Power list is SO Long 😅

[@thermophile1695]

Just to clarify, if I remember correctly, Yin magic relies on the concept of separation. Shamac initially separates the target from their senses, but at a high level, can separate them from reality itself.

[@ShadowKoto]

That's a quality of Shamak itself, and not necessarily yin magic as a whole.

[@thermophile1695]

@@ShadowKoto Doesn't Beatrice's magic rely on the separation of time and space?

[@ShadowKoto]

@@thermophile1695 You are misremembering the contents of Beatrice's explanation in Chapter 1 of Arc 7. She says that *Shamak's* special quality is "Separation" and does not apply this logic to yin magic as a whole.

[@thermophile1695]

@@ShadowKoto I see. Thank you for the clarification.

[@Eloux]

Great explanation.

[@wuba5456]

LET'S GOOOO

[@cielararagi3195]

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOO!!!!

[@alb2451]

Dorkell's leaper defies all logic.

[@su1400]

tx for video

[@_uib_]

Where was it said that Subaru got his gate after transporting to another world?

[@commercialcritic4676]

Sweet!

[@candiezie]

Goated video

[@SmthPositive_]

thanks for feeding us before season 3

[@SwimSwayer]

Here to support more re zero vids before s3 nice vid tho

[@Muchacho2DMax]

Asa cooking again with ReZero

[@Rarchieo]

Can water magic be used offensively? Aside from the case where Arakiya uses it as a jet stream and after todd tells her to summon water inside people's heads in Arc 7, Chapter 71. Or is that exclusive to a Spirit eater having consumed a water spirit? Hope this wasn't removed in the LN because it was pretty cool.

[@letsplaysaschagd9331]

Yes. Rem uses water magic offensively. Felix also used water magic at the end of episode 23 against Subaru when he was possessed by Petelgeuse.

[@ShadowKoto]

Since the time this comment was made, we have learned that there is an offensive water spell by the name of Shiha. It uses water rather than Huma's ice.

[@lonejohnwolf]

Such a strange whole setup... I think I'd be better off just getting a rough idea of what my affinity would be and then I just create my own spells on the fly, as my imagination is absurdly powerful. I would not need incantations, I'm sure of it. You sure made this world sound a lot more dangerous than I had originally thought, and I already thought this world seemed really dangerous! Now it's no surprise why Subaru had his original special "ability" from the get-go...

[@Bird55511]

Season 3 look so hype 😭

[@jongameaddict]

Been watching you for 8 months and this is the video where I finally realized your name is Asaratha, not Astaratha. There's no fucking t I can't read 😭 it's Pokemon when I was in middle school again

[@KingLAO2964]

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@juanantonioveira5567]

Im pretty sure there is a visual for Al fura, i think in the Ram vs Garfield fight in s2. Great video bro.

[@MrTimeattacker]

Better not use it since its so badly animated :/

[@Super-7327]

@@MrTimeattacker Lmao true

[@HoangNguyen-ej4wb]

🔥 video

[@Stryfe52]

I thought Roswaal used Earth Wind & Fire to fly? I must have remembered wrong

[@joelnwadike3181]

Would you suggest that Subaru is also a cursed doll? Bcoz he can't die unless he's satisfied with his ending Like in pride: IF

[@joelnwadike3181]

16:20 if spirits have to sleep when their mana is exhausted, what about Betty? What's her anchor?

[@ShadowKoto]

Beatrice and Eridna are exceptions. They're artificial spirits. Puck still has an anchor because that's how he was made, and Eridna can use a human as an anchor if necessary, but Beatrice hasn't ever displayed the capacity to use one nor has shown need for one.

[@flyingeagle3898]

Thanks for all your work Asaratha. 2 things strike Me about the power system that overall is well made: 1. Wind, Earth, and Light really should have special existance related basies for their magic the way Fire/Temperature, Water/Life, and Darkness/Space Do. 2. It is a bit of a shame that so far mana based magic and spells are the least developed part of the power system. Divine protections and Authorities feel much more fleshed out than mana magic, despite that kind of magic being something far more people in the world are able to use to at least some limited extent. Re-zero still has a far above average fantasy power system IMO, but as long as these 2 issues remain I can't give its power system full marks

[@user-lh5my4ws8j]

2 is mostly because Magic users are very rare in Re:Zero universe, average human can't use it. Meanwhile any random people can get Divine Protections because Od Laguna grants them. But extremely rare people like Roswaal created Flight or Julius which own style and such.

[@flyingeagle3898]

@@user-lh5my4ws8j this is not accurate. Magic users may not include a huge percentage of the population but they are also not rare especially not in Luginica. There are enough of them that the squad hired to take down the White Whale in Season 1 had large divisions entirely of magic users, and most of the witch cult members under Petelguese had some magic skills.

[@user-lh5my4ws8j]

@@flyingeagle3898 They are %1 population of entire world.

[@flyingeagle3898]

@@user-lh5my4ws8j even if thats the case its still way way more common than either Authorities or useful Divine Protections, as well as a subject of research and therefore should use should a bit more fleshed out than it currently is. Overall the system is well written so far but overall its at best 4/5 8/10 as far as power systems go, and needs more detail to rise. Think about we are told that Roswall is a great Mage who can use all 6 elements but the only Magic we've actually seen him use is offensive Fire magic, Flight, The Oath spell, and summoning some multicolored orbs(in the main series, I haven't read all side stories yet). A character like that needs some extra variety, which we will hopefuly get as he engages in more fights

[@user-lh5my4ws8j]

@@flyingeagle3898 You forgetting one more thing as well. Example even among magic users which are rare can only utilize one element. To create variety you have to combine multiple elements which only few rare invidiual in Re:Zero world accomplished that.

[@RaiPiez]

awesome video! feel like i learn more about the re zero world from you than i do actually reading it LMAO although that’s for sure just a skill issue on my part

[@Super-7327]

Wait so what's the difference between the ice created throught fire magic (temperature manipulation) and the one from Huma?

[@MrTimeattacker]

Fire one is actually ice and drops the temperature of anything around it and huma crystals are just crystalline structure of water/fluids they are easy to cast as well since you can take moisture from atmosphere. Meanwhile fire magic one you have to use your own mana but you can freeze people with it. You can actually see anime preserve this details on season 1, Emilia ice usage vs rem ice usage

[@Super-7327]

​@@MrTimeattacker Wait then how can Subaru still get Mana if his Gate has been broken? Anastasia can't do that due to her Gate not working correctly. I always imagined Mana to be the life force present outside of the environment which you can gather via the OD, while OD is also something that is present within yourself by birth, which is meant to remain closed behind your Gate forever. Unless the OD is the life source that is present by birth and it's quantity depends on species ecc...it's also the thing that absorbs Mana from the environment, the Gate is what allows this to flow through your body for enhancing yourself, or for casting spells.

[@Hydron0509]

I would like you to try toaru light novel There are a lot of similarities between the protagnist and subaru. Just an innocent recommendation

[@MrTimeattacker]

I used to pray for times like these

[@EpicShaymin]

8:58 ARE YOU TELLING ME SUBARU COULD'VE BECOME SHIBA FROM KAGURABACHI???😭😭😭😭

[@princemannic]

is that the new super mario bros castle/volcano theme

[@AsarathaHSYT]

ngl i was just dragging .mp3s into the audio section but i think so yeah

[@MrTimeattacker]

Correct me if i am wrong but isn't wind magic anything external to body while earth magic is something internal to body its not just wind or earth like golems where mentioned using earth magic ? Could have also used metia image for meteor section, anime onlies might still be confused where they have seen it exactly

[@MrTimeattacker]

More things like the titles of green,blue..etc representing the best in the respective magic could be included in next video

[@ShadowKoto]

@@MrTimeattacker It's only supposed to cover the bare bones and basics of magic, not the in-universe views on them.

[@MrTimeattacker]

​@@ShadowKotogotcha, yeah too much info might be bad and can lead to more confusion

[@mrnobody1650]

Yeah it’s in Volume 2: Chapter 3. Section 3 according to the wiki

[@EmmanuelMarin07]

Ngl i have no idea what you were saying half of the time but i like your video nonetheless

[@user-lh5my4ws8j]

There is huge problem with video, you skipped Authority and Divine Protections which is key factor of Arc 5. Edit: Nevermind you will make video about them but i expected them to be in this video instead splitting.

[@eduhbord3373]

Isn't there also Dream Magic?

[@ShadowKoto]

You're thinking of dream arts. They are going to be briefly covered in a later video discussing the miscellaneous subjects of the power system.

[@letsplaysaschagd9331]

@@ShadowKoto​what about the magic that is used for creating spirits? It was briefly talked about in one of the most recent side stories. I think it was Ezzo upon seeing the artificial spirits that look like birds.

[@OK-69420]

i dont understand what power being the Archbishop of sins give you

[@yasso222]

you get a witch factor

[@packageolies510]

They're given an authority.

[@ShadowKoto]

Most Authorities will be covered in the next part, with one exception, as the SS it's in has not been translated yet and it will not be able to release in time before Asa's next video in this series drops.

[@CaffeinatedRoman]

Do we know what kind of stones surround the village by Rosswall's manor? Sick vid, really looking forward to the next one. The witch factors and divine protections are some of the coolest things in ReZero!

[@MrTimeattacker]

There are more functions to pyroexene crystals then what is listed here ASA only gave examples, Like the Frederica's crystal had teleportation magic implanted and while other stones can server as the anchor for spirits as powerful as puck

[@CaffeinatedRoman]

@MrTimeattacker Oh that's right. Thanks, man.

[@ShadowKoto]

@@MrTimeattacker The term "pyroxene crystal" is somewhat incorrect. It comes from the JP term 輝石, which can be interpreted as "pyroxene", but a better translation/localization for it would be "glintstone". The "crystal" part of the term was something that was mistakenly added on by the Re:Zero Wiki and it sadly stuck in the community for years. As far as I know now, the "crystal" part of the term that had never been used in the source text of the story was removed, and the Wiki now uses "glintstone" to describe the objects in question.

[@PowerLord83]

Maybe dont put season 3 stuff in the first seconds of ur video, people want to not see too much of the trailer and stay in the dark.

[@immortalmangafan7155]

but how does the power system of Re zero explain Emilia having bigger boobs

[@bandarsalh1338]

I really think the power system in re zero is poorly explained and makes little to no sense sometimes Like how roswaal was able to miss with the contract between puck and emilia or force one on Subaru during arc4 Or how olbart's ability has nothing to do with magic Or how the author introduces new races Or how physical strength and experience works For example Wilhelm is strong due to experience and training meanwhile Al is much weaker than Julius despite having the former's age as experience (18 years)

[@lehyplay6961]

It's simply a difference of talent. No matter how long Al or subaru train, they can't match the strength of someone who is from the world of rezero and is talented.

[@ShadowKoto]

Shinobi arts are different from magic. They're the kind of powers devised by aberrants.

[@bandarsalh1338]

@@ShadowKoto How exactly are they different?

[@ShadowKoto]

@@bandarsalh1338 That's basically all that was said about them. They are different techniques developed by deviants.

[@bandarsalh1338]

@@ShadowKoto The power system is poorly explained Even if the story isn't a shonen it's still one of the flaws in the story It doesn't bother to explain anything to you and the author just comes up with whatever power he wants and says it's magic